http://transportation.house.gov/Media/File/Aviation/Safe Pilot Committee Report.pdf
It seems that pilots who are physically or mentally unfit are posing a danger to all around them and the FAA is falling down on its duties by not ferreting out this abuse.
It seems that pilots who are physically or mentally unfit are posing a danger to all around them and the FAA is falling down on its duties by not ferreting out this abuse.
Inspector General Finds Pervasive Falsifications on FAA Airman Medical Certificate Applications
In July 2003, the Department of Transportation Inspector General launched an 18-month investigation into FAA’s policing of the Airman Medical Certification process. Teaming up with the Social Security Inspector General on a project called "Operation Safe Pilot," the Inspector General compared the database of approximately 40,000 airmen holding current medical certificates in the northern region of California to the database of individuals receiving medical disability pay from the Social Security Administration.10
[FONT=Garamond,Garamond]The presumption? If they’re too sick to work, they’re too sick to fly. [/FONT]
[FONT=Garamond,Garamond]Contrary to FAA’s opinion that the problem is not widespread and therefore not worthy of the resources it might take to identify and penalize the wrongdoers, the Social Security matching study conducted by the Inspector General as well as the toxicology study performed by FAA scientists suggest that the practice is rampant. [/FONT]
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